Mason, Ohio-Based AtriCure's Top-Tier Executives Average Annual Pay and Benefits Increase Was an Off-the-Charts 88.3% Per Year During the Last Three Years (2014-2016) That Joe Biden Was US VP

From Company Proxy Statement filings with the SEC, below are AtriCure's Top-Tier Executives Annual Total Compensation for each of two consecutive full years of employment for the most recent five years.

	FYE	FYE		FYE	FYE		FYE	FYE		FYE	FYE		FYE	FYE
	Dec	Dec		Dec	Dec		Dec	Dec		Dec	Dec		Dec	Dec
AtriCure	2018	2017		2017	2016		2016	2015		2015	2014		2014	2013
Top-Tier	Total	Total		Total	Total		Total	Total		Total	Total		Total	Total
Executive	Comp	Comp		Comp	Comp		Comp	Comp		Comp	Comp		Comp	Comp
	$ 000s	$ 000s		$ 000s	$ 000s		$ 000s	$ 000s		$ 000s	$ 000s		$ 000s	$ 000s
Carrel CEO	3,808	4,156		4,156	4,518		4,518	4,484		4,484	6,536		6,536	1,114
Wade CFO	1,551	1,076		1,076	1,208		1,208	1,421		1,421	1,800		1,800	389
Noznesky SVP Marketing	1,218	1,023		1,023	1,175		1,175	1,367
Privitera Chief Technology Officer	N/A	N/A
Smith COO	1,794	1,841		1,841	1,735		1,735	1,942		1,942	2,053		2,053	671
Lux SVP Operations							609	756		756	802		802	494
Kennedy Former GM International										1,072	1,159		1,159	469
Totals	8,371	8,096		8,096	8,636		9,245	9,970		9,675	12,350		12,350	3,137
Annual % Change vs Prior Year	3.4%			-6.3%			-7.3%			-21.7%			293.7%
5 Year Average Per Year % Change		52.4%
3 Years (2014-16) Average Per Year % Change When Joe Biden Was US VP		88.3%